My Kinda Coffee

My Kinda Coffee is an instant mushroom coffee of 30% lion's mane mushroom powder, 50% roasted chicory and 20% arabica coffee, with glucose syrup. The brand lists the lion's mane, chicory and arabica as organic. Each 2 teaspoon serving carries 1.2 g of lion's mane. Of our two caffeinated mushroom coffees this one has the most actual coffee and a faint sweetness.

It is sold as a 150 g bag, single or in 2 and 3 pack deals, and it is the blend to start with if you want something that tastes most like the coffee you already drink.

What it is

Of the three mushroom coffee blends on our shelf, this one leans furthest towards coffee: 20% arabica against 15% in Brain Coffee. Roasted chicory still makes up half the bag and lion's mane powder nearly a third. The glucose syrup gives a faint sweetness and helps the powder dissolve. It is an instant powder, so stir it into hot or cold water or milk and drink.

At 1.2 g lion's mane per serving it sits between the caffeine free chicory blend (2 g) and the cacao (1 g), and just under Brain Coffee (1.5 g). If a milligram figure for caffeine matters to you, note that none of the three coffee blends publishes one; the brand states the coffee share and that it is arabica, which has about a third of the caffeine of robusta.

The brand's thinking behind the range is that most drinks have a downside, whether too much caffeine, too much sugar, not organic, or heavily processed to decaffeinate. Here the coffee share is reduced with chicory so the caffeine drops naturally, and the mushroom is added for its own sake.

This is a Herba Store UK own-label product.

How to make it

Up to 2 teaspoons per cup, stirred into hot or cold water or milk, or blended into smoothies and milkshakes. It behaves like an instant coffee, dissolving quickly with a little mushroom sediment at the bottom. Add milk and sweetener as you like, though it already has a hint of sweetness from the glucose syrup.

• Single pack: 150 g, £14.99
• 2 pack: 2 x 150 g, £28.99 (£14.49 a bag)
• 3 pack: 3 x 150 g, £39.99 (£13.33 a bag)
• At 1.2 g lion's mane per serving and 30% lion's mane, a serving is about 4 g, so a bag is about 37 servings at roughly 40p each

Reseal after use and store dry. The glucose syrup makes this blend slightly more prone to clumping than the others if left open.

What's inside

• Lion's mane mushroom powder, 30%
• Roasted chicory root, 50%
• Arabica coffee, 20%
• Glucose syrup
• 1.2 g lion's mane per 2 teaspoon serving

Lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) is the white, spined mushroom, dried and powdered. Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a roasted root that reads as coffee without caffeine. Arabica (Coffea arabica) is the milder coffee species. Glucose syrup is a sugar syrup used here for sweetness and solubility, which means this blend is not sugar free.

Who it's for

People who want a mushroom coffee that tastes like coffee first and mushroom not at all. It suits a morning routine, an office desk, or anyone swapping one of several daily coffees for a lower caffeine cup. The slight sweetness means many people drink it without adding sugar.

If you want no added sugar and more lion's mane per cup, Brain Coffee is the one. If you want zero caffeine, the chicory blend is the evening option.

Pairs well with

Brain Coffee has 33% lion's mane and no glucose syrup. The caffeine free chicory coffee is for later in the day. For something sweet in the evening, the lion's mane hot chocolate uses the same 20% mushroom share. Compare the three blends under mushroom coffee, browse teas and drinks, and the wider mushrooms department.

Frequently asked questions

What is mushroom coffee?

Coffee blended with mushroom powder and sold as an instant drink. This one is 20% arabica, 50% chicory and 30% lion's mane.

Does mushroom coffee have caffeine?

This one does, from the 20% arabica, but less than a regular instant coffee because most of the blend is chicory and mushroom. The brand does not give a milligram figure.

What is the difference from Brain Coffee?

More coffee (20% against 15%), slightly less lion's mane (30% against 33%), and this one contains glucose syrup.

Is it sweetened?

Slightly: it contains glucose syrup.

Our mushroom coffee guide explains how these blends are made and what to compare between them. Herbastore ships this product from the UK, with free UK shipping on orders over £40. Orders are packed by Herbastore UK, so if you are buying from more than one of our brands everything arrives together.